Volume Control slider doesn't update

Using :

gnome-media 2.14.0

Dapper Test 5

Thanks for your bug. What is the issue with that for you? Should the applet display some level when muted? Should the volume control dialog set the slider to 0 when muted? Should moving the slider unmute?

I think the volume control dialog slider should, at all times, mimic the volume applet slider. In my test case, this does not happen. If what I'm trying to say is unclear, please let me know and I'll create a screencast of the problem.

Just for fun, here is a screencast of the problem

http://devscott.org/bug.htm

I think the sliders should mimic each other, watch how they don't.

Sorry forgot to add, moving the slider should unmute.

I understood what you say. My question was which one is behaving correctly according to you?

My apologies. The volume applet is behaving correctly.

no problem, thank you for replying

The same happens if you use anything else to lower the volume to 0 while having the Volume Control window opened. To recreate:

1) Open Volume Control by double-clicking the speaker icon.
2) Open xmms, xine, whatever and set the volume to 0 in xmms, xine ...
3) Try to rise the volume with xmms again.
4) Watch that the slider in the Volume Control window sits down and stays muted.

It seems to me that muting has been added to supress any sound when the slider is at 0. Well, the slider should at least go up even if it would stay mutted. This does not occur when the Volume Control window is not opened.

I have the same situatuon,

If I use xmms to decrease volume to 0, volume control slider mute and stays muted even if I increase volume level back (still using xmms volume control).

I'm able to reproduce both problems on Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy).

Probably an upstream bug to forward (if there is no bug already opened about that on bugzilla)

Do you still have the bug?

Still the same in Feisty.

On 4/17/07, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Volume Control slider doesn't update
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34947
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Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462164

BTW this is still reproducible in gutsy.

I'm having a possibly related problem in Gutsy. Not sure if I should open a new bug.

The volume control and mixer applet both behave erratically. The mixer applet slider jumps around wildly when scrolling and the applet unpredictably displays the mute icon, usually without actually muting. The volume control has different behavior for the left and right volume channels. The right side slider behaves pretty much normally, while the left side jumps up and down even more wildly than the mixer applet slider. Whenever the left slider is moved it breaks the "link" button underneath. Consequently, it is extremely difficult to adjust the left and right channels to the same volume. Then sometimes the left channel will spontaneously drop to zero, requiring it to be laboriously readjusted.

I'm also having another problem with mixer_applet2, which may or may not be related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/150089

I've the same problem on Gutsy!

I have a similar problem in Gutsy (not in Feisty) to Kevin. When I adjust the volume with the keyboard the volume adjustment is erratic (it might go up or down, turn off the left channel, etc). Sometime adjusting the volume with the applet is better but if I'm using Totem while adjusting it does weird things. I have an external usb sound card (Trends Audio UD-10) and I did some changes to get it to be recognized (I disabled my onboard sound card in the BIOS so the usb card is the first one).:

diff --git a/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base b/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
index d8a6469..5e1beb8 100644
--- a/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
+++ b/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ options saa7134-alsa index=-2
 options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2
 options snd-intel8x0m index=-2
 options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2
-options snd-usb-audio index=-2
+#############
+# Changed by Me:
+# Set usb-audio at index 0
+# options snd-usb-audio index=-2
+options snd-usb-audio index=0
+###############
 options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2
 options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2
 # Ubuntu #62691, enable MPU for snd-cmipci
diff --git a/etc/modprobe.d/sound b/etc/modprobe.d/sound
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7cc527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/modprobe.d/sound
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+alias snd-card-0 snd-usb-audio
+alias sound-slot-0 snd-usb-audio

This is the same change I did in Feisty and everything worked. Any pointers/help would be appreciated.

i have a trends usb sound card and i have the same problem. however, setting the volume trough "$ alsamixer -c 1" works perfectly.
at the moment i'm using that instead of gnome-mixer applet.

where can i find some instructions of how to test the patch and compile the new package?

Still reproducible in hardy.

fixed upstream, thanks for reporting!.

the new version is in intrepid now